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Paul Ryan veep prospects split GOP

Sources familiar with the candidate’s thinking say Ryan is under consideration. | Reuters

Democrats are already licking their chops.

“Romney and Ryan share a conviction that our future will be brighter if we simply pass even bigger tax cuts for the wealthy; dramatically shift health care costs from Medicare to seniors, and walk away from our national commitments to education, research and development, and new energy technology,” wrote senior Obama strategist David Axelrod in an email. “So they would be a natural ticket, but it would be ticket to disaster for our economy and the middle class.”

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“He’s a smart guy who will excite the base but I think the Democrats would seize on this very quickly and make the election about Medicare,” one prominent GOP senator said of Ryan.

Further, this Republican noted, to select Ryan would link Romney to the remarkably unpopular Congress.

“He has all the baggage of the House,” said the senator. “To win this race, we’re going to have to show independents we can govern and our congressional approval rating is pretty bad.”

Tony Fabrizio, a GOP pollster, said a gamble on Ryan would be out of character for Romney.

“I’m not convinced of what he net delivers for Romney — I think there’s good points about Ryan but I think there’s bad points about Ryan,” Fabrizio said. “Romney has been very careful not to embrace the Medicare cuts in the Ryan budget. If he puts him on the ticket, what does he do? There’s no question he’s a star and he’s probably got a very bright future, but for a guy who has played it remarkably safe, to take on [Ryan] is just probably not where he’s going to be.”

To other veteran Republicans, selecting Ryan would mark a fundamental misread of a process that typically gets more attention from the media than from voters.

“You’re looking for a supportive mini-me rather than a co-star,” said GOP strategist Mike Murphy. “And my view is that the bold pick is historically overrated. Saying that this election is different because it’s bigger is a cliché. When have we ever heard somebody say this year is a totally unimportant election?”

Yet to some conservative thinkers and many of Ryan’s House colleagues, Romney is not going to be victorious by attempting to run out the clock on Obama. The budget chair is the intellectual leader of the Republican Party, this thinking goes, so why not put the party’s best up against the White House?

“If Ryan’s budget is going to be a central part of the debate over the next three months, who better to explain and defend it than Paul Ryan?” wrote William Kristol and Stephen Hayes of The Weekly Standard in making the case for the Janesville, Wis., native.

To the pro-Ryan camp, and even some Romney aides, the thinking on the Ryan budget is that the former Massachusetts governor is already linked to the blueprint and is going to be hammered on it regardless of who is on the ticket.

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a split is emerging among Republicans about whether the choice of the House Budget chairman and architect of the party’s controversial tax and spending plan would be a daring plus for the ticket or a miscalculation that would turn a close election into a referendum on Medicare- Team Politico/Obama

Answer: nope..........

Republican's aren't going to run from plans that are designed to save America from the $62 trillion dollars in infunded libabilities that these entitlements are causing.

Americans will enbrace anyone or any plan that addresses our serious debt issue.

Obama/Biden have No Plans.................no plans to address entitlements............no plans to address our debt...............No Plans to address Jobs.............they refuse to tell Americans what their even running "for".

We are borrowing .41cents of every dollar we spend, that's criminal and unsustainable. What are we going to leave our children? How in the world will they ever pay this off or even pay the interest on this massive debt?

We The People have no choice in November we have to kick the guy Occupying the White House and the guy Occupying the Senate .....................OUT.

“Romney and Ryan share a conviction that our future will be brighter if we simply pass even bigger tax cuts for the wealthy; dramatically shift health care costs from Medicare to seniors, and walk away from our national commitments to education, research and development, and new energy technology,” wrote senior Obama strategist David Axelrod in an email.

David Axelrod is Mr. Poison.......

First of all these Obamaloney statements about Mitt raising taxes on middle income Americans by $2K while giving the rich $250K tax breaks is a LIE.....

Obama is definitely winning the race to the bottom, its one lie after another.

Mitt's Tax Plan which is at the "macro" level, no legislation exists, keeps the progressive tax rates but cuts each of them by 20%. Romney will then work with the new Republican majorities in the House and Senate to pay for these across the board tax cuts by eliminating deductions and loopholes for the rich.

Under Romney's tax plan the rich will not pay one penny less in taxes then they do today. They will pay a flatter tax rate but deductions and loopholes will be eliminated and this is what will happen in Congress next year............to determine which deductions and by how much.

All this Obamaloney about Mitt's Tax Plan by these so-called bi-partisan groups is nothing but a LIE because there's no specific plan yet, just an approach and concept.

Obama and his surrogates here at Politico and his pals in our MSM Super Wolf Pac press will be lying and misleading the American people from now to Tuesday night November 6th, 2012.

And everyone knows it. Good luck trying to get clean information and news.

“Romney and Ryan share a conviction that our future will be brighter if we simply pass even bigger tax cuts for the wealthy; dramatically shift health care costs from Medicare to seniors, and walk away from our national commitments to education, research and development, and new energy technology,” wrote senior Obama strategist David Axelrod in an email.

Here's was the results of the veepstakes held on one of Romney's supporters websites:

Thirty-two contenders have been whittled down to just two! Our survivors who will face-off in the last match-up of the VP tournament are Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, and Senator Marco Rubio of Florida.

“Romney and Ryan share a conviction that our future will be brighter if we simply pass even bigger tax cuts for the wealthy; dramatically shift health care costs from Medicare to seniors, and walk away from our national commitments to education, research and development, and new energy technology,” wrote senior Obama strategist David Axelrod in an email.

Team Politico/Obamaloney..................when is Obama going to come out with his plans for saving SS, Medicare, reducing the deficit, creating Jobs. What is he going to do? How will he do it? Chris Matthews and others want to know Obama's Plan? Chris Matthews: The Thrill is Gone

H/t Herman Talmadge III

NO!....NO!....Say it ain't so!

Not Chris Matthews:

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While Paul Ryan and his plan&vision for US economy is bold&necessary for US; to be able to "implement" such a plan, "first" Romney shall secure Presidency; that is why Rubio is also a good candidate to consider as VP since he can tilt necessary Hispanic votes from Obama to Romney in critical states. A Rubio pick would "not" disqualify Ryan from serving in Romney administration with very serious roles but this would help serve greater Republican interests by increasing chance for Romney since Hispanic demographic realities can no longer be ignored, if Republican Party will be a relevant actor in US.

Republicans don't want Mitt the Twitt, but they are stuck with the default candidate in chief. It is no wonder they wouldn't want Willard's assigned vp Ryan either. Both are toxic. No Taxes Etch A Sketch and Medicare Killer Ryan the poster child of all that is wrong with Congress, two real likable characters.

Republicans don't want Mitt the Twitt, but they are stuck with the default candidate in chief. It is no wonder they wouldn't want Willard's assigned vp Ryan either. Both are toxic. No Taxes Etch A Sketch and Medicare Killer Ryan the poster child of all that is wrong with Congress, two real likable characters.

Republicans don't want Mitt the Twitt, but they are stuck with the default candidate in chief. It is no wonder they wouldn't want Willard's assigned vp Ryan either. Both are toxic. No Taxes Etch A Sketch and Medicare Killer Ryan the poster child of all that is wrong with Congress, two real likable characters.

Mitt's Tax Plan which is at the "macro" level, no legislation exists, keeps the progressive tax rates but cuts each of them by 20%. Romney will then work with the new Republican majorities in the House and Senate to pay for these across the board tax cuts by eliminating deductions and loopholes for the rich.

Really, Perceptions? Just how does that pie in the sky taste exactly?

Also, tell me how the Republicans sweep the Senate so much that they gain a 60-seat, filibuster-proof majority. Because that is what they'll need to make any changes to current laws, from taxes to the Affordable Care Act.

It's a moot point anyway. There won't be a Romney Presidency. Just a second Obama term, as expected.

LMAO!!! romney's already being burned for his full throated support of the ryan plan/budget/whatever... no way ryan will be on the ticket as it will turn the final three months into a GOP greatest hits montage of everything the public has already REJECTED.

i love that MSM is continuing to pretend romney has this huge & endless field of VP candidates to choose from- HE DOESN'T. and nothing makes that more clear than Drudge's Failed attempt- AGAIN, to put dave petraeus in the mix. petraeus wasted no time in shooting the notion down YET AGAIN.

Perception's so called "obama wolf pack MSM" is refusing to admit that romney's field of picks for VP are far more narrow than what is being portrayed. i doubt seriously that rob portman would be enthusiastic about joining the ticket at this point and post romney's blightful euro trip.

It was 350.00 a bottle and he had two with two 'companions' The companions were lobbyist plying Ryan to add more everyday people taxes and give big people the break they really, really need and by doing this that wine will trickle down and Americans wil miracaulously be drinking Boones Farm which the majority of Republican commentors on this site will celebrate as the famous economics of the three stoodges, Ryan, Mitt and Glen Beck.

Ryan is a fine choice for VP. At least with him on board the ticket, Mittens will have finally revealed his "economic plan". The same Ryan "plan" that has died in congress again and again. Even Ryan himself tried to back away from his Ayn Rand guru. Too late Paul. Your "plan" is still resonating in voter's brains as the worst possible scenario for the country. At least the voters who have brains.

romney running for the senate rejected the notion that those having blind trust didn't have a say as to how their money was being invested- today romney uses that same excuse to cover his tracks investing in chinease corporations benefitting from out sourcing of US jobs.

can you help us understand why mitt romney no longer likes the policies and positions of mitt romney?